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The Swiss bus accident on 13 March 2012: lessons for pre-hospital care

The recent bus crash in Switzerland involving many children provides several lessons for the pre-hospital care community. The use of multiple helicopters that are capable of flying at night and that carry advanced medical pre-hospital teams undoubtedly saved lives following the tragedy. We describe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Lyon, Richard M, Sanders, Jon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3580681/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22784360
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc11370
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Sumario:The recent bus crash in Switzerland involving many children provides several lessons for the pre-hospital care community. The use of multiple helicopters that are capable of flying at night and that carry advanced medical pre-hospital teams undoubtedly saved lives following the tragedy. We describe the medical response to the incident and the lessons that can be learned for emergency medical services.